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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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